diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 687d58b7f2..487d9c4e2e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-12-29  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+	* iconvdata/Makefile (iconv-rules): Use LC_ALL=C when running awk
+	script.
+
 2008-12-29  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c (gaih_inet): When the
diff --git a/iconvdata/Makefile b/iconvdata/Makefile
index e93de56c50..d8fb282871 100644
--- a/iconvdata/Makefile
+++ b/iconvdata/Makefile
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ $(objpfx)iconv-rules: Makefile
 	{ echo $(filter-out lib%, $(modules)); \
 	  echo 8bit $(gen-8bit-modules); \
 	  echo 8bit-gap $(gen-8bit-gap-modules); } | \
+	LC_ALL=C \
 	$(AWK) 'NR == 1 { \
 		  for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) { \
 		    printf "%s-routines := %s\n", $$i, tolower($$i); \